Sweet Temptations[DiaLovers Fanfic]

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She gasped in horror as the person who was also on the floor from the impact earlier looked up to glare at her. Ayato's green eyes burned into hers with pure vehemence and she whimpered, though she didn't dare to break her gaze from him. Due to that, she was able to see Ayato's eyes, which were full of anger at first, slowly changed to confusion. He frowned, his jaw slightly gaping. This time, it was her turn to be confused at his reaction without realising that her fear has apparently robbed her of her memory of the reason behind his expression. He opened his mouth and close it again, still studying her. She blinked and when she clutched the towel that was covering her body, she just realised how indecent she must have looked right now. 

Looking down at the floor to cover her now blushing face, she stood up, making sure that the towel was still wrapped around her body and proceeded to walk towards her bedroom. She only took a few steps when Ayato stepped in front of her. She paused, then side-stepped him, only for Ayato to block her path again. She bit her lip, and looked up to gaze into his eyes once again. "Are you really that same appalling looking girl?" Ayato asked in a small voice, presumably he was muttering to himself, but he said it loud enough for her to hear. Even so, his eyes were questioning, so she felt obliged to nod her head in return. 

Ayato stepped back, now looking surprised as ever; his eyes were wide as saucers and his jaw dropped. But it wasn't for long, since he laughed out loud right after that. "What? So was this the reason behind Shuu making you his property?" he asked between his laughter, clutching his stomach. She gritted her teeth. She has had enough with this. She folded her arms, and glared at him. "So what of it?" she asked, still folding her arms. Ayato stopped laughing at this, clearly unexpected by her response. "Oh...getting gutsy all of a sudden, huh?" Ayato asked in a low voice, smirking as he took a step closer to her. Realising his behaviour, she took a step back, but he grabbed both her arms to pull her closer to him. "You do realise that, you are only wearing a towel to cover you up, right?" Ayato whispered as he placed a hand on her cheek.

She tried shaking his hand off from her face but he then grabbed her chin. She gave him a look of defiance, then kneed him in the middle. Ayato avoided it, instead he took hold of her thigh with his free hand and pushed her closer to his body as ever. She was caught off guard by this, that she wasn't able to put up a fight when he pushed her to the wall. She tried pushing his hard chest, but he didn't budge from his position. He chuckled in her ear and nibbled her earlobe. She yelped in surprise and pushed him again. This time, maybe it was because of him leaning towards her ear, that she was able to push him off easily, but only for a fraction. It was a spur of a moment thing, but she took this chance to escape from his clutches.

She was about to break into a run when she felt her towel being pulled off of her body. Alarmed, she managed to grab hold of her towel and covered her body. She looked at Ayato and saw him smirking, his thumb and forefinger pulling at the side of her towel. She slapped his hand away easily and realised in horror that he had allowed her to do so. It was as if he was playing with her, and what he was doing with her was not even close to the beginning. He took a step closer to her to close the gap that she made during her short moment of escape.

She hugged her body, not only to stop the towel from falling off, but also to protect her from what Ayato would do to her. Ayato stopped, then he stared at her - more like studying her chest. She couldn't help but blush when she realised this, so she took a small step back, so that he won't realise her desire to run away from him. She looked at his face and he let out a sly smile. "If you hug your chest any harder than that, your breasts will pop out from that towel, you know" he said, smirking lasciviously. "Then don't stare at it" she grumbled. Stupid, stupid. That's not how it works! Think up of a better comeback! she scolded when the words earlier came out of her mouth.

As she had expected, Ayato let out a laugh at her words. "'Don't stare at it', you say? What a stupid comeback you got there" he said after calming down. Lillia gritted her teeth and just glared at him. "But back to my question, though. Is that-" he gestured at her chest, "the reason why Shuu had you at his beck and call?". She gave him an incredulous look and rolled her eyes. "No. And it's none of your business anyway" she replied with an irritated tone. Ayato let out a displeased huff at her reply. "You seriously don't get the situation you are in. You are half-naked in front of me and I could pull off that flimsy towel off of you by a second" he warned, making her shiver in fright. 

"But I could forgive you...if you let me suck your blood" he said, making her gasp. "What? Shuu hasn't bit you yet, right? Even though you are his property" he continued as he took a step closer to her. She took a step back and frantically try to come up with a plan. Quick! Distract him or something! she thought as Ayato got closer to her. "I-I thought you only like beauties?" she asked, praying that it will distract him. "Oh? You knew about that? What are you, my stalker?" he sneered and she bit her tongue from answering that she had heard it from Shuu. His arrogance was starting to irritate her. 

He stopped walking and rubbed his chin. "Well, that is true, I only like beauties" he said thoughtfully and she let out a sigh in relief for distracting him. "But seeing you in this form, it somehow turns me on" he smirked as he continued taking a step forward. She took a step back and she didn't realise that her back was facing the wall and when she could feel the wall greeting her, she let out a frustrated sigh. He grabbed her wrist and leaned his body forward, imprisoning her. At first glance, it looked like as if he's hugging her. "I've always noticed it from the first time you started living here, but your gloomy appearance just made me had second thoughts of it" he said and he leaned in towards her ear. "Your blood. It smells delicious" he whispered, his hot breath caressing her ears as he did so. 

She was shaking so much that she wasn't able to react towards his actions. He chuckled, still tickling her ear and before she could react, he licked her earlobe. This time she let out a gasp of surprise and when she did so, she could feel Ayato's arm wrapping around her waist. "What a nice reaction" he whispered huskily. At that moment, they heard a sudden hiss. Alarmed, Ayato looked at the direction of the hiss and he withdrew himself from her. 

Stephano appeared out of nowhere and landed on Ayato's leg. "Hey! Let go of me you stupid cat!" Ayato yelled out as he tried shaking off Stephano, its claws holding on to his trousers. Lillia took this chance to run away from the scene and Ayato called out after her. She ignored his call and just kept on running towards her bedroom. When she almost reached the door, she caught a glimpse of a figure behind the shadows. She stopped running, breathing heavily as she tried to make out the figure. It was Subaru, leaning against the wall with his arms folded. He was giving her a cool look and she looked away. She opened her bedroom door and slammed it behind her. 

Her legs gave away and she slumped down to the floor with a heavy sigh. Her whole body was still shaking from earlier and she tried stopping her shaking by hugging herself. She sneezed after some time and realised that she had been in that get-up for a long time. She changed into warmer clothes and lie down on her bed. She pulled her duvet high up to her chin and closed her eyes. It was a tiring day for her that she forgot all feelings of fear from the earlier encounters with Raito and Ayato. As she slept, she did not realise that she will have to face the two men that had caused her exhaustion tomorrow and every day after that. And the fact that the others have yet to bare their fangs. 

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